dearth
C1CEFR level
60/100Rarity: rare
FormalRegister
General noun
A scarcity or lack of something, frequently cited when identifying a gap in the literature.
Despite widespread interest, there remains a dearth of empirical work on the topic.
Business noun
A scarcity or shortage of something, especially of a commodity or resource.
A dearth of skilled engineers is holding back the sector's expansion plans.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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